croft

(krôft)

noun

  1. a small, enclosed field
  2. a small farm, esp. one worked by a renter

Origin: ME < OE, akin to MDu krocht, hill, field among dunes < Gmc *krufta, lit., that which bends < IE base *ger-: see cradle

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See croft in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British
  1. A small enclosed field or pasture near a house.
  2. A small farm, especially a tenant farm.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English

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